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grinder and coola Learn more about Grinder and Coola, the two orphaned grizzly bears at Grouse Mountain's Refuge for Endangered Wildlife. When you visit Grouse Mountain in the summer months, be sure to check out our daily Ranger Talks. Did you know... When grizzly bear cubs are born they only weigh approximately 0.9 kg (2 lbs) and full-grown grizzly bears usually weigh between 270 and 360 kg (600

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Lupins Café The sleek architecture of this venue is home to fast, convenient self service dining. Whether you're looking for a healthy snack after a grueling hike or a leisurely meal overlooking the mountains and valley, Lupins is a great choice. Located on the main floor of the Peak Chalet, Lupins Café offers stunning decorative alpine features like high cedar beams and copper lights that emit a

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new 24 hour bear camera time laps feature Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, continue to sleep away during their 2022/2023 winter dormancy period (aka Hibernation).  This doesn't mean, however, that they are simply remaining in one spot for the entire time.  Wish you could see what their entire day looks like?  Well we have an exciting new time lapse feature on the bear camera

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Celebrate the Holidays at Grouse Mountain's Peak of Christmas A magical story awaits at Vancouver’s North Pole (North Vancouver) A magical story awaits when Grouse Mountain Resort’s annual Peak of Christmas celebration returns Friday November 25th to January 2nd, 2023.The perfect holiday backdrop, guests of all ages will be transported to a winter wonderland, complete with snow, Santa and his

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Grizzly Lookout to watch Grinder and Coola enjoy their breakfast as you learn about bear conservation from our team of wildlife experts. Event Dates •July 4-6, 11-13, 18-20, 25-27 •August 2-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, 29-31 Event Times •8:00am – 10:30am •Meet at the Base Plaza for 7:45am To learn more or book your visit, go to www.grousemountain.com/bears

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Happy holidays from the grouse mountain wildlife team Happy Holidays from all of us in the Wildlife Team here at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife!  As a final blog of the year, we wanted to share a few wildlife photos and a few thoughts from 2023.  2023 was a great year for Grinder and Coola, our two Grizzly Bears, who celebrated their 22nd Bear-thday this summer (though their

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Bears Preparing For Winter Grinder and Coola have had a lazy end to the summer with some lingering warmth right into October!  But even during these warm weeks we've been holding in the back of our minds that winter is indeed coming.  About mid-September the bears also entered hyperphagia - a state of constant eating.  So far they have added on nearly 200 pounds to their summer weights!  They

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Happy Halloween - Grizzly Bear Style! bears vs pumpkins Just before we closed for our annual maintenance shut-down we had the opportunity to give two carved pumpkins, stuffed with yummy treats, to Grinder and Coola, our resident Grizzly Bears.We knew these wouldn't last long as the bears quickly found where we had placed them.  Grinder was the first to choose but as he took his pumpkin to move

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Winter dormancy 2018/19 continues Just an update on Grinder and Coola's 2018/2019 dormancy period - all is going well and the boys continue to sleep most of the cold and snowy days away.We do see them get up from time to time on their infrared camera (see screen capture below!) as they stretch their muscles and check conditions outside of their sleeping chamber.What Grinder and Coola are going

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Grouse Mountain Launches Collaboration with Vegan Cookbook Author, Dreena Burton New plant-based menu items featured in Altitudes Bistro and Lupins Café (North Vancouver) Further expanding the Resort’s plant-based offering, Grouse Mountain is excited to introduce two new menu items created in collaboration with vegan cookbook author, Dreena Burton. These new dishes can now be enjoyed in Altitudes

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